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Prakash name meaning

“light; bright”

Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
P
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1980s: 9.2%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s9.2%
1990s8%
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: PMeaning lightSanskrit origin

Prakash is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'light'.

What does Prakash mean?

Light; bright

In Malay: cahaya; terang

#Light

Sources (1)

About the name Prakash

Prakash comes from Sanskrit prakāśa meaning light, bright or shining. It is used across many Indian languages. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1980s with 738 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesPra-kash
First letterIndian Names starting with P
Devanagari scriptप्रकाश

Prakash in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
Boy: 738 · 9.2%
1990s
Boy: 396 · 8%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Prakash as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Prakash · behindthename.com · meaning

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